2025-2026 Urban Health Opportunities Program Scholarship Application

The purpose of the Urban Health Opportunities Program (UHOP) is to enhance the healthcare workforce serving medically underserved populations in urban Nebraska by identifying and preparing qualified students to enter and succeed in health professions training.

UHOP Pre-Medicine Program Highlights

• Tuition assistance at UNO starting freshman year for UHOP scholars
• Automatic UNO Pre-Medical Committee sponsorship
• Mentoring by UNMC medical students
• MCAT preparation assistance
• Opportunities to provide mentorship
• Successful program completion results in guaranteed admission to the UNMC Medical Doctorate (M.D.) program

Requirements for UHOP Pre-Medicine Eligibility

• High School OR College GPA ≥3.25
• ACT Composite and Math Score ≥24 (will also accept UNO's ALEKS Math Placement test)
• 2 Letters of Recommendation
• Demonstrate a strong interest in a career of medicine
• Nebraska Residency
• U.S. Citizenship or Permanent Residency
• Apply as a High School Senior
  • Students are able to apply until the end of their sophomore year of college, we recommend students apply in high school if possible

 

Deadline 11:59 pm January 17th, 2025

Application Instructions:

Please carefully review the information below. This will contain application steps, outline the information you will need to provide, and list necessary contact information for the UHOP Application team.

All steps must be completed by January 17th, 2025 at 11:59 PM. We must receive all application materials in order to be considered.

Step 1: Apply to UNO: 

• https://www.unomaha.edu/admissions/apply/index.php
• For any questions or concerns about your UNO application, please reach out to UNO Admissions at: 
  • 402.554.2393
  • unoadmissions@unomaha.edu

Step 2: Complete the application questionaire on the next page

Step 3: Throughout the application you will be asked to provide the following uploads:

• Attach your RESUME, which should include academic, extracurricular, and employment information.
• Attach your ESSAY #1 (no more than 1,200 words in response to this statement: "Describe why you wish to be a doctor and how you will help achieve the purpose of the UHOP prorgam."
• Attach your ESSAY #2 (no more than 1,200 words in response to this statement: "Describe what you will bring to the healthcare career field of your choice - your values, talents, and life experiences - and how you add to the cultural, multilingual, ethnic, and/or socioeconomic diversity of this clinical profession."
• Attach all relevant transcripts (highschool, college)
• Have TWO LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION sent to unohealthcareers@unomaha.edu
  • Letters of recommendation can be from the following: a high school principal, a high school counselor, a high school science teacher, an academic advisor, a college professor, and/or a medical professional. 
  • Please see attached letter request to be given to letter writers in the application.

 Note: Application is open to both high school seniors and current college students.

For any questions or concerns about the application, please reach out to UNO's Health Careers Resource Center (HCRC). You can reach us at: 

• 402.554.5980
• unohealthcareers@unomaha.edu

 

All applicants must submit TWO LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION from any of the following: a high school principal, a high school counselor, a high school science teacher, an academic advisor, a college professor, and/or a medical professional. Please see the attached letter request to be given to letter writers.

Letters of recommendation may be submitted to via email: unohealthcareers@unomaha.edu 

  

Please double check that all relevant questions and file uploads have been completed. All application material must be received by January 17th, 2025 at 11:59 pm.